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History

Barry made his debut appearance in Barry's Busting Out All Over!, where he was intended to challenge Fantina for a Gym battle, but coming up with Ash at the door of the Gym.
He then challenged Ash to a battle to prove his training methods wrong, but Ash came out the victor.

Barry at the beginning of his Journey

After Ash defeated him, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina in A Shield with a Twist!. At times, Barry was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be his rival if Ash could defeat Byron, whom Barry had previously beaten.

Barry reappeared in Gotta Get a Gible!, where he battled Ash and his newly-caught Gible. Barry wins his first battle against Ash, but Ash doesn't take it harshly, praising Gible anyway and instructing it to listen next time. Barry celebrates his win as he holds up his ticket to challenge Fantina, but Gible bites his hand and eats the ticket.

Barry once again appeared in Fighting Ire with Fire!, along with Paul where he challenged his idol to a battle, but to his dismay, Paul refused. Barry then battled Ash once again, using his Empoleon against Ash's Monferno. However, the battle was put on hold when Team Rocket attacked.

Character

He was shown to have a very hyperactive personality, much like his game counterpart. Barry admires Paul and his training methods, and wants to be a strong Trainer like him. He also has a slightly similar mentality as Paul's, as in capturing strong Pokémon for training. However, unlike Paul, he still cares for his Pokémon.

Roserade was the second Pokémon Barry used after Staraptor got knocked out in his first battle against Ash. It managed to defeat Chimchar with a barrage of Poison Jabs as Chimchar was worn out from the battle with Staraptor. Roserade's next opponent was Gliscor, it traded Poison Jabs with Gliscor's X-Scissors, only for both of them to get defeated at the same time.

Barry's Heracross first appeared in Steeling Peace of Mind! on Iron Island alongside its Trainer. It was training with Empoleon on Iron Island. The training got interrupted when Empoleon started attacking them as it was controlled by the sound waves coming from within the island.

Later, it took Barry on a flight around Iron Island to see the cause of the Steel-type going haywire, including his Empoleon. Heracross was then hit by a Skarmory's Steel Wing, sending them falling onto Team Rocket. Heracross attacked Team Rocket as they were accused to be the ones behind all of this. However, after pointing out the machines located on the island, it turned out that another villainous team was the cause. The Galactic's Golbat attacked them with Air Cutter and severely damaged Heracross.

Heracross reappeared in Historical Mystery Tour battling Ash's Pikachu. Heracross was able to withstand Pikachu's attacks and became stronger from last time. The battle got interrupted when a Xatu flew by. Xatu lead the group to a tent owned by a Clown and they got sent to another world. When they woke up, they got separated and searched for their Pokémon.

While Barry was looking for his Heracross, he found a tree. He had a flashback about the time he caught Heracross by slathering honey on a tree. He did the same thing this time and Heracross came up to Barry and the tree.

Skarmory was the first Pokémon used in the Sinnoh League in his match against Paul, going up against Paul's Magmortar. In the first turn, Skarmory used Spikes on the field to damage Paul's Pokémon whenever they were sent out. Afterwards, it was easily knocked out by Magmortar's Flamethrower.

Hitmonlee was the third Pokémon Barry sent out in his Sinnoh League match against Paul after recalling Empoleon where it battled against Paul's Ursaring in the Sinnoh League.

Both gave a good fight, where Hitmonlee showed good speed, agility and strength. Ursaring managed to evade some attacks, but when it was hit by Hitmonlee's Blaze Kick, it was burned, and this activated its Guts Ability, which increased Ursaring's attack brutally which it used to defeat Hitmonlee with a powerful Hammer Arm.